Heel-retainer.



W. H. ROMMEL.

HEEL RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5. 1914.

1 1 7 1 54 1 Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. ROMMEL, OF CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

HEEL-RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

Application filed August 5, 1914. Serial No. 855,146.

heel retainers embodying a plurality of movable clamp members carried by a suitable main body portion and disposed so as to successfully retain the heel in place during a certain part of the working in the manufacture of shoes.

The retainer is well adapted for use in connection with wooden French heels which, in practice, are glued to the main body portion of the shoe while it is being finished. Heretofore use of a common cabinet makers clamp has been resorted to which invariably breaks down the edge of the top lift of the heel and rather tends to draw the heel out of abutting relation to'the breast of the sole than to retain it in such position.

The principal object of my invention is therefore to provide a retainer capable of use in connection with the manufacture of shoes to be provided with French heels for securely holding the heel in intimate contact with the main bodyportion of the shoe and into abutting relation to the breast of the sole while the glue or cement 'hardens sufliciently to allow the shoe to be finished.

Other objects of my invention are to provide an article of manufacture,a portable heel retainer which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and easy to manipulate; and, one which may be brought into operative relation to the last now in common use.

Further objects of my invention are to provide a portable retainer which may be mounted upon, or embody a suitable standard permitting the operator to swing the work about an u right axis thereby facilitating the manu acture; one embodying a swiveled clamp which will not mar the heel when advancing the same into abutting relation to the breast of the sole; and, one including a swiveled clamp which may be quickly disposed into engagement with the top lift of the heel and so retained during the tightening thereof upon the work.

Still further objects of my invention will appear in the following detailed description taken in connection with the accomr panying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1, is a side elevation of a heel retainer constructed according to my inven tion and showing the work in place. Fig. 2, is a central vertical section through the upper swivel clamp member. Fig. 3, is a perspective view of the other clamp member, showing its concavity. Fig. 4, is a transverse section through a portion of the last and an adjacent portion of the retainer. Fig. 5, is

a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, where similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, A designates the main body portion of the retainer; B, a suitable standard upon which said body portion may be mounted; C, means for holding the work in rigid relation with respect to body portion A; D,

neans for advancing and retaining the heel 1n abutting relation to the breast of the sole;

and, E, the work, such as a shoe.

Referring first to the main body portion A, it is preferably of substantially C shape, the lower extremity 6 being directed upwardly toward the other extremity 7, thereby forming an inverted arch portion 8. By this construction the device may be inverted and hung on a rack or peg either with or without the work carried thereby, the peg passing under said arched portion. The extension 6 may be elongated considerably so as to accommodate the height of the shoe upper within said arch, if such is desired.

It may be desirable to mount the body portion A, so it may be oscillated or rotated about an upright axis and by enlarging the inverted arch portion 8, as at 9, and providing an upright bore 10 it may receive a pin 11 of bench standard B, or any other suitable means, permitting such movement of the body portion A, upon said standard may be provided. The bore 10 may also receive the upturned portion of a hook, not shown in the drawing, when the body A is inverted and hung on a rack.

Referring now to the means C, it preferably comprises a last 12, having the usual pin hole 13, and a swiveled clamp member 14 movable toward or from last 12 and carried by body portion A, adjacent extremity 7 thereof, as by screw 15 having thumb piece 16. As is clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, a universal connection between the clamp member 14 and screw 15 may be provided, so that the screw 15 may rotate indeupon the top lift 23 of heel 24. If desired alug 25 may be provided on clamp member 14 to be disposed in front of lift 23, thereby retaining the clamp member in operative relation to the work as is obvious from an inspection of the drawing.

Relative movement of the body portion A longitudinally with respect to last 12 may be prevented by the former carrying a pin 26- entering the pin hole 13. This pin 26 may enter a recess 27 formed in an enlargement 28 of extension 6 and retained rigid therewith as by set screw 29.

Concerning means D, it is provided to advance and retain the heel 24 into abutting relation to the breast 30 of sole 31, and preferably comprises a clamp member 32 for engagement with the rear of heel 24 and movable toward or from the extremity 28 of body A or, in other words with an axis of reciprocation intersecting the axis of reciprocation of clamp member 14 at an acute angle; a screw 33 carried by body portion A, as by extending'through a suitable way in enlargement 34 thereof, said screw having a thumb piece 35; and, a suitable padding 36 for direct engagement with heel 24. The clamp member 32 is preferably concaved as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, to conform substantially to the contour of the rear of the heel and may be operatively connected with the screw 33 in' a manner similar to the connection of member 14 with screw 15, so that its axis of movement may be at substantially a right angle to the rear face of the heel.

In practice the main body portion of the shoe is placed upon last 12, glue applied under the heel and pressure brought upon the latter through means C. At the same time means D, may be operated to advance and retain the heel into abutting relation to the breast of sole 31 and only sufficient pressure is placed upon the heel to retain it in place while the glue is setting. It is to be noted that, in this latter operation, the clamp 32 is not moved over the surface of the heel which might mar a silk or canvas covering of the heel. Subsequently the last is removed and the heel nailed in place from the inside of the shoe.

It is to be observed that by such a'retainer, with a workman exercising ordinary care,

the heel cannot become damaged and in all the manufacture of the shoe is facilitated through the carrying of the work by a retainer oscillatable or rotatable about a vertical axis.

The body A may be removed, with the work, from standard B and hung to one side while the cement sets and another body A placed on the standard for new work.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit'or scope of my invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. A portable heel retainer comprising in combination, a substantially C shaped element, means for holding the work intermediate the extremities of said element and normally tending to throw the heel toward the main body portion of the same, and a clamp member to counteract movement of said heel carried by said element interme diate its extremities and movable either to-' ward or from one of said extremities, in the plane thereof.

2. A portable heel retainer comprising in combination, a substantially C shaped ele ment having its lower extremity directed upwardly to form an inverted arch portion, means for holding the work intermediate the extremities of said element, and a clamp member carried by said element intermediate its extremities and movable toward or from the work.

3. A portable heel retainer comprising in combination, a substantially shaped element having its lower extremity directed upwardly to form an inverted arch portion, a standard carrying said element and pivotally connected therewith at the crown of said inverted arch portion, means for holding the work intermediate the extremities of said element, and a clamp member carried by said element intermediate its ex-- tremities and movable toward or from the work.

4. A portable heel retainer comprising in combination, a substantially C shaped body portion, a clamp member carried thereby adacent one extremity thereof and movable toward or from the other extremity, a second clamp member movably carried by said body portion intermediate its extremitiesand having its axis of movement intersecting the axis of movement of said first clamp member at an acute angle, and a pin for carrying a last extending from said body portion adjacent the extremity opposite to said first mentioned clamp member and directed toward the same.

5. In a retainer for French heels, the combination of a last, a body portion in engagement with said last and retained .against movement longitudinally thereof, a clamp member, means carried by said body portion and movable'toward or from the sole of said last, adjustably carrying said clamp member, to present its plane at an acute anportion movable toward and from the soleportion of said last in a line intersecting the axis of movement of said first clamp member at an acute angle.

6. In a heel retainer, the combination of means for holding the heel in intimate contact with the main body portion of the shoe, and means movable toward the heel at substantially a right angle to the surface thereof for advancing the same into abutting relation to the breast of the sole.

7. In a heel retainer, the combination of a main body portion, means carried thereby for holding the heel in intimate contact with the main body portion of the shoe, and means carried by said main body portion and movable toward the heel for advancing the same into and retaining it in abutting relation to the breast of the solel,

8. In a heel retainer, the combination of means for holding the heel in intimate contact with the main body portion of the shoe, and a clamp member carried by said means and movable toward or from the rear of the heel and-at substantially a right angle to the surface thereof to advance and retain the same in abutting relation to the breast of the sole of the shoe.

9. In a heel retainer, the combination of means for holding the heel in intimate contact with the main body portion of the shoe, and a clamp member having a face to conform substantially to the contour of the rear of the heel, carried by said means and movable toward or from the rear of the heel and at substantially a right angle to the surface thereof to advance and retain the heel in abutting relation to the breast of the sole.

10. In a heel retainer, the combination of means for holding the heel in intimate contact with the main body portion of the shoe, and an oscillatable swiveled clamp member carried by said means and movable toward or from the rear of the heel in a line substantially at a right angle to the surface thereof to advance and retain the same in abutting relation to the breast of the sole.

In testimony whereof I affix hereto my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. ROMMEL. Witnesses:

J. L. KAUFFMAN, \VARREN G. HUGHES. 

